The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
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AT the restaurant, aIuSr tn6 pldy3
He-"Absinthe is a terrible drink. It
goes right to the BRAIN" She Every
weary)-'Indeed! Drink some, Charlie,
and let's see if you have any."-To,on
Topics.
Concerts at which every one in the
audience is permitted to smoke if he
wishes are going out of favor: Good
artists will not appear at such concerts
because the smoky atmosphere is in
furious to their throats.
I'll see you're printing good deal
about the correct thing in fall styles"
said tailor to an editor. eyes, SIR"
''Well, while you're going in on that
tack suppose you print something about
the correct thing in settlement of bills.
Washington Critic.
How is Mrs. McSlimsey getting
along, Mrs. Snaggs?" "Quite well. I
believe. Mrs. Squildig. She is keeping
a boarding house." Got many board
ers?" mot many regulars, but quite
lot of transom boarders, I believe -
ItttSOuTgD C1TOncte.
Gingerbread: One-half cup of SUI
gar, one cup of molasses, one cup of
butter, one egg, two-thirds of n cup of
hot water, two cups of -four, two-thirds
of teaspoonful each of ginger and
cinnamon, one teaspoonful of soda
Boston Budget.
Contrary to the general supposition
there are no areas of frozen swamps
to be found in the country adjacent to
Alaska. A surveying party employed
by the government of Canada discovered
a great deal of grassy country along
the branches of the Yukon river.
Here is the skeleton outlined of
weeks systematic work: Monday
Cleaning day; Tuesday-Wash; We'd
nesday-Iron; Thursday-Mend; Fri
day-Sweep and clean Saturday
Bake; Sunday Rest. - indianapolis
Journal.
In Milesburg. Pa, the other day. a
be ar walked out of the woods, and, in
very unconcerned and independent
manner, made his way through the
principal streets of the town. greatly to
the CONSERVATION of pedestrians. Some
dogs gave chase. but the bear got away.
"A third crystalline form of carbon
has been discovered in meteoric iron
from Western Australia. The mineral,
which is to be called Cliftonite, re-
sembles the diamond in the shape of its
crystals, but in color and other respects
it is more like graphite. -Arkansaw
IrGreler.
The meaning of 'it" in children's
games is explained by lecturer on
ok lore. He said that ''it'' is very
polite expression in the games of
English-speaking children, for in Ger
man the one who is .'it'' is called a
wolf instead of "it;' in japanese,
'ouf," or ''little DEVIL" in Malagasy,
''bucca." or "leper," and in Hawaiian,
''crazy one"
In Belfast, Me-, few days ago a
woman who was about to start for the
West, where her husband is living, was
followed to the railway station by a
large number of female relatives and
friends, who, with tears and sobs,
urged her to remain. Her goods were
packed and ready for shipment, but
she at last yielded and returned home
with her friends.
"A Stamford, Conn.,. man filled a
pipe with tobacco from his vest pocket,
where he had carelessly placed some
pistol cartridges, and unknowingly put
one in his pipe. In less than two min
utes it exploded. The bullet passed
through the brim of his hat and was
found embedded in board to the
depth of one inch over his head. He
fortunately escaped serious injury.
"A case of poisoning by nutmeg is
recorded in the British Medical Journal,
in which one nutmeg has been eaten by
a patient as Cure for diarrhea 1t
caused him to become giddy. stupid
and very drowsy all next day. The
narcotic properties of these seeds, and
of others of the same natural order, do
not appear to be generally known. and
seem worthy of investigation.-Boston
Budget.
The town of FRANKLIN in Tasmania
named after the famous navigator,
vino was once governor of the island,
is now deserted ruin. 1t was once
the most thriving town of the settle
ment and a promising seaport, and
was, besides, one of the most beauti-
fully situated towns in the Australian
world. The gold rush of Australia took
its population away, and it has never
recovered it.
"A fine setter dog, lying crosswise
upon the back of horse hitched in
front of shoe store, attracted the at
tention of hundreds of Hartford people
the other day. Every one seemed
pleased with the performance except
the dog. He looked very foolish, espe.
cially when he occasionally slipped
over to one side, and had to stick his
claws into the blanket to keep in the
| poSition he had been told IN occunv